Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova seeded No 1 at the tournament in Madrid (Spain) in doubles advanced to the semifinals defeating Alicja Rosolska of Poland and Abigail Spears of the USA 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-3), 10-4. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. The Russians hit 1 ace, made 2 double faults and won no break points out of 3. Their opponents hit 4 aces, made 3 double faults and won no break points as well.

In order to reach the final of the tournament in the capital of Spain, the 2016 Olympic Champions have to take against Andreja Klepac (Slovenia) /Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spain, 7).